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No clear leader on THS stadium name
Brian Justice
What has been referred to as the "New Wilkins Stadium" may soon be called something else.
The Tullahoma Board of Education has agreed to consider renaming the stadium that is replacing the more than 50-year-old structure honoring Ben Wilkins who deeded the property to develop the current Tullahoma High School campus at 1001 N. Jackson St.
Wilkins was a Tullahoma industrial leader and a founder of Tennessee Overall Co., a landmark factory on North Atlantic Street that later became Tennessee Apparel.
The board agreed to have suggestions emailed to the individual board members addresses listed on the school system’s.....
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